Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
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The Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
"in recognition of excellence in the field of microbiology." Named after Selman Waksman
, it was first awarded in 1968.
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
"in recognition of excellence in the field of microbiology." Named after Selman Waksman
Selman Waksman
Selman Abraham Waksman was an American biochemist and microbiologist whose research into organic substances—largely into organisms that live in soil—and their decomposition promoted the discovery of Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics...
, it was first awarded in 1968.
List of Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology winners
- 2011: Carol A. Gross
- 2009: Jonathan BeckwithJon BeckwithJonathan Roger Beckwith is a American microbiologist and geneticist. He is currently the American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts....
- 2007: Richard M. LosickRichard LosickRichard Losick is an American molecular biologist whose research interests include RNA polymerase, sigma factors, regulation of gene transcription, and bacterial development, being especially noted for his investigations of endospore formation in Gram positive organisms such as Bacillus subtilis...
- 2005: Lucy Shapiro
- 2003: Stanley FalkowStanley FalkowStanley Falkow, PhD, is microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is sometimes referred to as the father of molecular microbial pathogenesis, which is the study of how infectious microbes and host cells interact to cause disease at...
- 2001: Norman R. PaceNorman R. PaceNorman Richard Pace, Jr. is an American biochemist, and is Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado. He is principal investigator at the Pace lab....
- 1999: R. John Collier
- 1997: Carl R. WoeseCarl WoeseCarl Richard Woese is an American microbiologist and physicist. Woese is famous for defining the Archaea in 1977 by phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique pioneered by Woese and which is now standard practice. He was also the originator of the RNA world hypothesis in 1977,...
- 1995: Ralph S. Wolfe
- 1993: Boris Magasanik
- 1991: Melvin I. Simon
- 1989: Bernard D. DavisBernard DavisBernard David Davis was an American biologist who made major contributions in microbial physiology and metabolism. Davis was a prominent figure at Harvard Medical School in microbiology and in national science policy. He was the 1989 recipient of the Selman A...
- 1986: Harland G. Wood
- 1984: Purnell W. Choppin
- 1982: Irwin C. GunsalusIrwin GunsalusIrwin C. "Gunny" Gunsalus was an American biochemist who discovered the lipoic acid, a vitamin-like substance that has been used as a treatment for chronic liver disease, and pyridoxal phosphate, one of the active forms of vitamin B6...
- 1980: Julius AdlerJulius Adler (biochemist)Julius Adler Ph.D. is an American biochemist. He has been an Emeritus Professor of biochemistry and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison since 1997.-Early life:...
- 1978: Howard Green
- 1976: Wallace P. Rowe
- 1974: Renato DulbeccoRenato DulbeccoRenato Dulbecco is an Italian virologist who won a 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on reverse transcriptase. In 1973 he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Theodore Puck and Harry Eagle. Dulbecco was the recipient of the Selman A...
- 1972: Charles YanofskyCharles Yanofsky- External links :* *...
- 1970: E. R. Stadtman
- 1968: Jack L. StromingerJack L. StromingerJack Leonard Strominger is Higgins Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University, specializing in the structure and function of human histocompatibility proteins and their role in disease. He won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995.Strominger was born in New York City...
External links
- Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology National Academy of Sciences web site